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In Goddess mythology Cailleach is the Celtic Goddess of weather and storms. As a crone Goddess she is associated with the season of Winter, bringing brutal cold, biting winds and snow. She is fierce and, sometimes unforgiving. The most predominate tale tells of Cailleach capturing the beautiful Maiden Goddess and holding her captive in a mountain cave until the arrival of spring. A lesser known, and unknown to me before painting this Goddess of my Muse, is that of the Scottish Cailleach Bheur.
I also discovered that She is the ugly hag behind the popular feminist tale of sovereignty. It makes sense that Cailleach would come through in painting my Muse. So, even though the Polar Vortex in Canada and the United States has just begun pushing early cold and snow into my realm, Cailleach has been speaking to me for a few months now. I think it's beginning to work. I wonder if they make snowpants in my size? Learn to swear like the feckin' oirish! Curse Words and other Exclamations.
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Curse Words and Other Exclamations (curses / cursewords / cusswords / oaths / obscenities / profanities / swearwords / expletives / imprecations / maledictions, as well as euphemisms and various other interjections and exclamations!) One day long, long ago (in February 2002, to be more exact), I decided to enrich my vocabulary with more colorful and interesting ways of expressing anger and/or annoyance. So I started accumulating a list of such phrases on this page. In time, I started including certain other types of exclamations as well.
I'm not much interested in expressions for insulting other people, but rather in general exclamations of anger, contempt, disbelief, surprise, and so on, as well as adjectives which one could possibly use on intolerably irritating inanimate objects. Warning: Some terms on this page are very rare, out-of-date, or specific to certain localities. Index. Everyday English and Slang in Ireland. A cunning stunt. The Irish have all the same "four-letter words" that we have in America, of course.
Additionally, there are a few others, and some usages that are different. Some of these are in common with the more general European English, and some are uniquely Irish. Bollocks "Bollocks," in Euro-English,* means "testicles," literally, but is used in various idiomatic expressions. The Irish have a few of their own adaptations. "Getting pissed," in Ireland as in broader Europe, is "getting drunk. " An important use of the word "piss," in European-English, is "taking the piss. " "Cunt," in Irish-English, is the same as it is in Euro-English. The word may also be used in adjectival form — "Cuntin'. " "Arse," the Euro-English word for "Ass," has its own usages in Irish English: Hole. A cunning stunt. The Irish have all the same "four-letter words" that we have in America, of course.
Additionally, there are a few others, and some usages that are different. Some of these are in common with the more general European English, and some are uniquely Irish. Bollocks "Bollocks," in Euro-English,* means "testicles," literally, but is used in various idiomatic expressions. The Irish have a few of their own adaptations.
Irish Curses. "Curse of the seven snotty orphans on you"..... and other favourites.
Just as we have blessings for every occasion, there are nearly as many Irish curses for every situation. We may not like to admit it openly but Irish people swear a lot and we have to be careful when abroad. Our loose tongues can offend U.S and British ears in particular. I smile when Americans refer to the use of 'f@*k' as the F-bomb because of its effect in polite circles. Though not by origin a Gaelic word, in Irish circles the use of the word is commonplace and casual, to the point of rendering it meaningless at times. But there is a long history of more 'creative' or 'imaginative' cursing in Ireland. I wasn't even sure what the words meant at the time, but once my uncle had vented his frustration with a few choice Irish curses, we would be laughing a few minutes later.
Though some Irish curses don't translate very well, Irish Gaelic has enriched the way Irish people speak English in many ways. Irish Curses. How To Curse/Swear in Irish (Gaeilge / Gaelic) How to say shit in any language. How do I swear in Irish / Gaelic from insults.net.